The Book of Separation

Born and raised in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family, author Tova Mirvis committed herself to observing the rules and rituals prescribed by this way of life. But over the years, her doubts became noisier than her faith. At risk of losing her friends, her community, and her family, she left. This is a memoir about what it means to decide to heed your inner compass at long last.

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October 2017

Wednesday

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Author Event(Current Affairs)
Wednesday October 04, 2017
7:00 PM
From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over 40 media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today's citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed.

Monday

09

Author Event(Fiction)
Monday October 09, 2017
7:00 PM
Lazarre-White's novel Passage tells the story of Warrior, a young black man navigating the winter streets of Harlem and Brooklyn in 1993. Warrior is surrounded by deep family love and a sustaining connection to his history, bonds that arm him as he confronts the urban forces that surround him, including some that seek his very destruction. Passage is a novel for then and now.

Wednesday

11

Author Event(History)
Wednesday October 11, 2017
7:00 PM
More than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. They were nearly erased from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of courage and scientific accomplishment.

Tuesday

17

Author Event(Non-Fiction)
Tuesday October 17, 2017
7:00 PM
In her riveting debut novel See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most famous murder cases into an intimate story of a volatile household. Shifting among the perspectives of the unreliable Lizzie Borden, her older sister Emma, the housemaid Bridget, and the enigmatic stranger Benjamin, the events of that fateful day are slowly revealed through a high-wire feat of storytelling.

Wednesday

18

Henry Marsh

Author Event(Medicine)
Wednesday October 18, 2017
7:00 PM
Author and neuroscientist Henry Marsh retired from his full-time job to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. He describes the difficulties of working in these countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.

Tuesday

24

Joy Behar

Author Event(Humor)
Tuesday October 24, 2017
7:00 PM
Besides despair and action, the sane response to the White House is laughter. Joy Behar is here to walk you through the next four years. Structured as an A-Z guide, Joy Behar offers much-needed doses of levity and humor for everyone determined to resist.

Wednesday

25

Barry Blitt

Author Event(Current Affairs)
Wednesday October 25, 2017
7:00 PM
Barry Blitt's cartoons have been lampooning American politics and culture for decades. His iconic New Yorker covers are defining images for our times. Featuring the author's hand-scrawled annotations and self-deprecating witticisms, more than one hundred never-before-seen sketches and drafts, and essays, Blitt is a visual delight and a rollicking trip into the mind of an utterly original artist.